William Ferguson

(USA)

Our Curious World (from Quebec newspaper La Presse, 5/9/1942)

William Ferguson was an American book illustrator and comic artist. From 1928 to 1931 he made the non-fiction newspaper feature 'Mother Nature's Curio Shop'. Other early educational features by Ferguson were 'Feathered Facts and Fancies', 'Who's Who in Dogdom' and 'Our Great Outdoor Zoo'. His longest running feature was 'This Curious World' that ran from 1931 to 1952. It returned as a weekly strip in 1956 and 1957.